Mandaue official: Case will be filed against man in ‘derogatory post’ of city’s pride flag

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/04/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — An official from Mandaue City will push through with the filing of a case against a man who posted “derogatory remarks” regarding the city’s pride flag. Mandaue City Treasurer, Lawyer Regal Oliva, said…

LGBTQ+ Council of Mandaue to sue man who posted ‘derogatory remarks’ about pride flag

Mary Rose Sagarino 06/30/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The LGBT+ Council in Mandaue City is planning to file a case against a man who posted “derogatory remarks” regarding the city’s pride flag. Lawyer Regal Oliva, the city treasurer said that they…

Pride Month and the campaign for the passage of SOGIESC Equality Bill

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/27/2023

I first saw the film “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros” in 2005 when it premiered at the First  Cinemalaya Film Festival of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Set in the slums of Manila, the coming-of-age…

PH rejects same-sex marriage: We’re not ready for that, says DOJ’s Remulla

Tetch Torres-Tupas 11/22/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government is firm against same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage was among the recommendations made by member-states of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Legalization of Abortion and Divorce that was rejected…

Mandaue’s Pride March returns on June 26 after 2-year absence

Mary Rose Sagarino 06/10/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City will again conduct a Pride March as part of its celebration of Pride Month. The highly anticipated Pride March will make its comeback on June 26 at the Mandaue City Heritage…

LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination measure pushed in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The discrimination of members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and others or LGBTQ+ based on their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression Equality (SOGIE) will soon be penalized in Cebu City.  Councilor…

‘I cringe!’: Roman hits initial removal of SOGIE in proposed anti-discrimination bill

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 11/19/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Bataan Rep. Geraldine Roman did not mince words as she expressed her disappointment over the initial removal of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (SOGIE) in the draft substitute bill of an anti-discrimination…

Sotto: ‘No chance’ of passing SOGIE bill in Senate

08/22/2019

MANILA, Philippines — There is “no chance” that the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Equality bill will pass in the Senate, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said. Sotto said Senate could pass an anti-discrimination…

Noted members of LGBT community in Cebu speak out on Gretchen Diez controversy

Michelle Joy Padayhag 08/16/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Some noted members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Cebu came to the rescue of Gretchen Diez, the transgender woman who was barred from entering the female restroom in a mall…

On pride month, Poro approves anti-discrimination ordinance for LGBTQ++

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The town of Poro in Camotes Island “painted” the town with rainbow two days before the 121st celebration of Philippine Independence Day as an ordinance prohibiting the discrimination of the members of the…

Shodi SOGIE?

Gerard Pareja 02/11/2018

Kasagaran nato dunay varying degrees of homophobia. Ug tungod nianing maong phobia daghan ang nahimong reactionary. Gamay lang kisaw sa LGBT managhugpong dayon kining maong mga reactionary para mo rally ug mo protesta. Di ko ka pugong…

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